Adaptable coffeepot handle



July 1, 1930. H. wlNklE ADAPTABLE COFFEEPOT HANDLE 'F iled Dec. 7, 1929 INVEN TOR.

Hallock LJM'nKz' "ATTORNEY.

Patented July 1, 1930 HALLOCK L. WINKIE, or MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin ADAPTABLE oorrnnror HANDLE 7 Application filed December 7, 1929. Serial No. 412,422.

The present invention relates to an improved'construction of a replacement handle for a coffee-pot, and it embodies features which render the handle readily adaptable to coffee pots of different sizes.

In practice, the handles of such pots require replacement periodically, and in view of the different sizes and constructions of cofiee-pots now on themarket], it is neces-v sary that the dealer carry in stock a supply of handles of different sizes, in order to meet the demands of the trade.

Ordinarily, the two fixing bolts by means of which the handle is attached to the pot, are spaced different distances apart in coffeepots of different manufacture. The bolt holes in the different handles likewise vary in their spacing, so that it is necessary to select a particular handle, and one which 2 will line up with the construction of the pot, when replacement becomes necessary.

My invention obviates the necessity for carrying in stock pot handles of different sizes, inasmuch as the'improved handle embodying the invention has a range of adaptability which will permit its application to various coffee-pots in which the points ofconnection of the handles depart in considerable degree from what may be regarded as a standard- 0 ization. I V

Having thus outlined the'nature and purposes of my invention, I will now proceed to describe the construction illustrated, and in the appended claims will point out the novelty residing in the invention.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 1s a viewin elevation of a c0fieepot of the popular percolator type, showing my invention as applied thereto, some parts being shown in section for the purpose of clearness. 1

, Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View on the line 2-2, Fig. 1, of a portion of a coffeepot, and illustrating more clearly the main 5 ner of engagement of the upper bolt. Fig. 3 is a rear edge view of the handle, looking from the right in Fig. 1.

The invention is particularly adapted fo use in connection with straight-bodied coffeepots of the percolator type, as shown 1n Fig.

as is usual in such constructions.

1 of the drawing, in which the numeral 10 indicates any usual coifee-pot of the typereferred to. The handle is attached to the pot on the side which is opposite the spout,

The'handle'shown is merely conventional, but. in. whatever shape'it may be made, it will present gripping part 11, from which will projectinwardly free upper and lower fends 12 and 13, respectively, through whichjattachinent to the pot 10, will be made.

Perforated and threadedelements, as nuts 14 and 15, are arranged as permanent parts of the cofiee-pot. I have shown such nuts as enclosed within dished embossments ,16 and 17 which maybe soldered or welded at their flanged margins to the pot; or such embossments may be struck out from'the pot. p

V The connection of the lower end 1333f the handle to the pot may be as usual, in which the point of' a headed screw 18, passed into a counter-bored hole in the'said lower end, is engaged in the threaded nut 15, to 'bolt that portion ofthe handle to the pot.

' The range ofadaptability beforereferred to, resi'des'in the means provided for connection of theupper endof the handle to the pot. Instead ofeflfecting such connection through alike screw 18,1 form a special '7 bolt of the angular form shown. The horizontal arm 19 of the said bolt is threaded for engagement in the nut 14., The other arm 20 of the angular bolt, and of larger diameter, stands vertically with respect to the threaded arm 19. The angularity of the .bolt in" the key-hole. slot.

In applying my improved handle'to a coffee pot, first detaching the old handle, I engage the threaded smaller arm 19 of the angular bolt with the nut 14, with the larger arm 20 extending either upwardly or down Wandly-{as may be required forthe correct positioning of thekey holesl'otin the upper end mot-the handle thereoiieri The special enough to' place the bolt under tension, When the slotted end lQ' ofV-the handle ils slipped f, thereovejr, due toithe angularityexisting in thebo'lti The. handleis movednntil the counter-horedhole -in the lower end 130i 1 the, handle isaligned withithe' threaded; nut

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